My 1st driving lesson!!!

I just started my 1st driving lesson last sat. Was telling Liam I was really nervous and stressed up. You know guys? I had on and off nightmares about driving n crashing into some big trees. It was the spinning out of control feeling. And I was always glad when I woke up, to know that it was just a dream. What motivated me to take up driving lessons? My advance theory expiry date is nearing! I do not want to take another time :(( So I told myself I better buck up n get my license real soon. So...I signed up with a private instructor. There were generally more positive comments on private instructors than sch instructors. That they are willing to teach you more and more versatile. You need not take min no of lesson to go for test thus save more money. Also rumors that your passing rate will be lower if u go for private instructor sort of caused me to hesitate a bit for gg for private. Anyway in the end it doesn't really bother me. If I'm good y should I be bothered by all these comments? N I'm more concerned about $$. hahaha!!! I was like telling Liam what if my instructor is some nasty uncle or fierce looking man who did nothing but scold throughout my lesson how? I would be having such a miserable life. Thank God, when I sat in the car, the instructor was a quiet man. He was very calm, gave me 5 mins of orientation and off I drove. I was like? That's it? Thought Liam said my 1st lesson would be purely orientation of car (fiddling with gears, mirrors and etc). I didn't know i got to drive! My left leg is totally cramped from the half clutch positioning =.= I told the instructor I couldn't feel my legs because it turned numb. And I always thought i have to stepped hard on brakes to bring car to a stop! This is just a myth! i only have to rest my foot a bit on the brake pedal and that's it. The car will come to a stop in a few sec. Wow ahhaah! So mountain tortoise. =DD The challenge i faced were when my car come to a stop at red light and suddenly it turned green i have to switch to gear 1 again (gear 1 i guess is all beginner's misery D: ) you cannot totally let go of clutch at the same time you have to depress the accelerator gently (which i overdid it all the time) but luckily there is no surge of engine or causing engine to stall. ANother thing is car roll back. dunno if the car behind me freaked out or not ahha. My instructor even praised me that i picked up fast and had good control of half clutch position. of cuz la! with all the cramps in my legs n u tell me i did a bad job then i really sad case liao. =p And my 2nd lesson? he handed me a piece of paper to study. Parallel parking. Horror of horrors of most drivers. Liam said he taught fast. dunno good or bad. Well that's it. more to come. Will update soon!